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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Welitsch

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; C...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Altmuller, Christoph; Borkh, Inge; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Proebstl, Max; Schech, Marianne; Vogel, Adolf; Welitsch, Alexander
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Blech, Leo; Baltzer, Erwin; Müller-Kray, Hans; Albert, Rudolf

Alexander Welitsch was born in Macedonia as Alexander Asgaruh. He began his studies in his hometown, later moving to Hanover for further training. In 1936...continue...

Ivar Andrésen sings Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Graarud, Gunnar; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Noe, Marcel; Pistor, Gotthelf
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Ivar Andresen was born in Oslo, Norway. Considering the relatively short span of his career, he made quite a success for himself. He strode the...continue...

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Rudolf Laubenthal

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Die Afrikanerin; Giusepp...
Performers: Laubenthal, Rudolf
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Mörike, Eduard; Waghalter, Ignatz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Gentile

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-01-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Baracchi, Aristide; Borgioili, Dino; Galeffi, Carlo; Gentile, Marina; Granda, Alessandro; Lomanto, Enzo De Muro; Mannarini, Ida; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pedroni, Gina; Vannelli, Gino
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Martin, Wolfgang; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Johanna Blatter

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson e...
Performers: Demuth, Irma; Hufnagel, Elisabeth; Richter, Traute; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Blech, Leo; Ludwig, Leopold; Fricsay, Ferenc; Fischer, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Göta Ljungberg

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodr...
Performers: Janssen, Herbert; Leider, Frida; Ljungberg, Gota; Mummery, Browning; Schmidt, Joseph; Schorr, Friedrich
Conductors: Veroli, Manlio di; Coates, Albert; Collingwood, Lawrance; Blech, Leo; Schmalstich, Clemens; Hauke, Ernst; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Olszewska

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-04-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Georges Bizet: C...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Knepel, Else; Reeves, George; Schipper, Dr. Emil
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Violetta de Strozzi

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-10-01

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Overture to "Der Templer und die Judin"; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; La f...
Performers: Hutt, Robert; Roth, Max; Stieber-Walter, Paul; Strozzi, Violetta de
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Weigert, Herman; Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

The Art of Maria Müller - Wagner, Puccini, Brahms, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Träume ("Sag, welch wunderbare Träume"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendo...
Performers: Hoffmann, Ludwig; Janssen, Herbert; Klose, Margarete; Muller, Maria; Newton, Ivor; Pattiera, Tino; Pilinszky, Sigismund; Prohaska, Jaro; Raucheisen, Michael; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Tietjen, Heinz; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Municipal Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Four Famous Sopranos of the Past - Kemp, Reinhardt, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Armide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Final Scene; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carl Ma...
Performers: Kemp, Barbara; Leider, Frida; Ljungberg, Gota; Pattiera, Tino; Reinhardt, Delia
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Weissmann, Frieder; Sebastian, Georges

Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings 1929-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Pyo...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Martin, Wolfgang; Schuler, Johannes

Four Famous German Sopranos

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon; Bedrich Smetana: Bartere...
Performers: Lemnitz, Tiana; Muller, Maria; Rethberg, Elisabeth; Teschemacher, Margarete; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert; Elmendorff, Karl; Tietjen, Heinz; Blech, Leo; Schuler, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Richard Wagner on Record

4 CD / Preiser / 1998-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Das Rheingold; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Siegfried; Parsifal; ...
Performers: Armster, Carl; Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Bender, Paul; Berger, Rudolf; Berglund, Joel; Bertram, Theodore; Bettendorf, Emmy; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bohnen, Michael; Branzell, Karin; Briesemeister, Otto; Bug...
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo; Elmendorff, Karl; Gurlitt, Manfred; Schmalstich, Clemens; Zweig, Fritz; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Krauss, Clemens; Lange, Hans; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Knoch, Ernst; Schuler,...

German Ensemble Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Beck, Walter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fischer, Susanne; Friedrich, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Eugen; Gerson, Therese; Gottlieb, Henriette; Grossmann, Walter; Heidersbach, Kate; Hirzel, Max; Husch, Gerh...
Conductors: Zaun, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Set Svanholm Live

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berglund, Joel; Björling, Sigurd; Bjorker, Leon; Booth, Margary; Dalberg, Frederick; Edwards, Simon [Tenor Vocal 2]; Jonsson, Folke; Koch, Egmont; Langhammer, Irmgard; Lindberg, Gosta; Molin, Co...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Opera Chorus; Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Friedrich Schorr Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, ...
Performers: Jager, Richard; Newton, Ivor; Schorr, Friedrich
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra

Four German Contraltos of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Alceste; O del mio ...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Knepel, Else; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ivar Andrésen Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-08-20

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Carl Loewe: Tom der Reimer, Op. 135a; Der selt'ne Beter (Der alte ...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Janssen, Herbert; Larsen-Todsen, Nanny
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo; Hallasch, Dr. Franz
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Kipnis Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Charles Gounod: Faust; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nü...
Performers: Kipnis, Alexander
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Blech, Leo

Heinrich Schlusnus - Arien und Szenen

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-21

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Umberto Giordano: ...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Krauss, Clemens; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Rother, Artur

"Schlusnus was perhaps the premier baritone in Germany during the inter war years, especially in Italian repertory. He had a beautiful, evenly produced voice, strong...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Heinrich Schlusnus

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mascher...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Melichar, Alois
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Sigrid Onegin

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Cami...
Performers: Onegin, Sigrid
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lauritz Melchior Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Parsifal; Richard Trunk: Mir träumte von einem Königskind Op.4/5; In meiner Heimt, Op.14/2; Carl Leopold Sjöber...
Performers: Guszalewicz, Genia; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Blech, Leo; Breisach, Paul
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Joseph Schmidt - Religiöse Gesänge und Arien

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Louis Lewandowski: Aus jeglichem Munde erschallet der Ruf; Ob der Morgen erglühet, ob sich senket die Nacht; Preist den Herrn, er gab seine Leh...
Performers: Lechner, Frederick; Mania, Paul; Schmidt, Joseph
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Blech, Leo; Weissmann, Frieder; Dobrindt, Otto

Historic Strauss Interpretations

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-10-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Wiener Blut, Op. 354; Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437; Indigo und die vierzig Räuber; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Der...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Krauss, Clemens; Koussevitzky, Serge; Blech, Leo; Weingartner, Felix; Mengelberg, Willem; Kleiber, Erich; Szell, George; Walter, Bruno; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Toscanini, Art...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Immortal Voices of the Vienna Opera

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Ric...
Performers: Jeritza, Maria; Kiepura, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Kipnis, Alexander; Konetzni, Anny; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Lehmann, Lotte; Mayr, Richard; Nemeth, Maria; Nissen, Hans Hermann; Pataky, Koloman v...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Heidenreich, Johannes; Schmalstich, Clemens; Szell, George; Alwin, Carl; Krauss, Clemens; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Gurlitt, Manfred; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Schmidt, Franz; Bl...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Erna Berger

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni, K 527; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Otto Nico...
Performers: Berger, Erna; Lemnitz, Tiana; Muller, Charlotte; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Blech, Leo; Reuss, Wilhelm Franz; Schütze, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Schüler, Johannes
Ensemble: Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marcel Wittrisch

1 CD / Preiser / 1990-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fish...
Performers: Husch, Gerhard; Klose, Margarete; Korjus, Milizia; Strienz, Wilhelm; Teschemacher, Margarete; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Muller, Hans Udo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Bendix, Kurt

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Frieda Leider

1 CD / Preiser / 1990-03-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Armide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Parsifal; Schmerzen ("So...
Performers: Laubenthal, Horst R.; Leider, Frida; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Blech, Leo; Coates, Albert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra